Assoc Prof Kieran Lim
  Phone   +61 3 925 17403
Email   kieran.lim@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate Professor
Campus   Burwood
Research grouping   Chemistry and Forensic Sciences

Research interests

  1. Chemical Education and HIgher Education Research
  2. Chemistry, especially in the application of physical chemistry and computational chemistry methods
  3. Forensic Science, especially the use of natural products for fingerprinting reagents and the recovery of erased serial numbers

Career

Deakin University (1996-present)
RACI Fensham Medal For Outstanding Contribution to Chemical Education (2011)
Australian Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2010)
RACI Division of Chemical Education Medal (2008)
University of Melbourne (1993-1995)
University of New England (1991-1992)
Archbishop Mannix Travelling Scholar, Stanford Unviersity (1988-1990)

Key publications

Bos, R., Tonkin, S. A., Hanson, G. R., Hindson, C. M., Lim, K. F., & Barnett, N. W. (2009) In search of a chemiluminescence 1,4-dioxy biradical Journal of the American Chemical Society 131/8, 2770–2771 American Chemical Society, USA

Jelly, R., Lewis, S. W., Lennard, C., Lim, K. F., & Almog, J. (2008) Lawsone: a novel reagent for the detection of latent fingermarks on paper surfaces Chemical Communications 2008/30, 3513-3515 Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom

Pfeffer, F., Lim, K. F., & Sedgwick, K. (2007) Indole as a Scaffold for Anion Recognition Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Vol 5, No 11, 1795-1799 Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

Lim, K. F. (2004) A Survey of First-Year University Students' Ability to Use Spreadsheets Spreadsheets in Education 1/2, 52-66 Bond University, Australia

Linhananta, A. and Lim, K. F. (2002) Quasiclassical trajectory calculations of collisional energy transfer in propane systems: Multiple direct-encounter hard-sphere model Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 4/4, 577-585 Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom

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Professional activities

Member of Editorial Boards for Teaching Science and Spreadsheets in Education
Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Insitute, Chartered Chemist
Fellow of the College of Distinguished Deakin Educators
Member of Science Teachers' Assoc. of Victoria
formerly Member of Science Advisory Panel, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)

Related links

Developing leaders of change in the teaching of large university chemistry classes
http://www.alius.edu.au/

Advancing science by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ASELL)
www.asell.org/

Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS)
http://www.deakin.edu.au/herg/ chers/index.php

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Renee JellyNatural products as novel reagents for the detection of latent fingermarks (co-supervised project) Stephen MoranBinapthylene building blocks for organometallic chiral nanoporous material (co-supervised project) Marianne SeterNovel routes to new chiral rings and cages (co-supervised project) Paul FrancisSelective Chemical measurement based upon chemiluminescence detection (co-supervised project) Allan LimComputational Investigations on Periodic Trends in Group 14 Chemistry (co-supervised project) Drew McCormack Quantum zero-point energies in classical simulations of molecules  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title David Tabatabaian (2011)Evaluation of students’ learning in laboratories and field trips Kahla Butler (2009)Further investigations into the recovery of erased serial numbers on plastic polymers Tanith Condon (2008)A study into the prevalence of GSR and/or GSR-like particles in the wider community and a prelimary study into the reaction of lawsone with amino acids Ebeny Heimeier (2008)The effects of post harvest storage on soybean protein Richard Krieg (2008)Investigation into the recovery of erased serial numbers on plastic polymers Yvonne Fazendin (2007)A preliminary investigation into the reaction of genipin with ethylamine: separation and characterisation of the blue polymeric products Rhiannon Pike (2007)Investigation into the recovery of obliterated serial numbers on acrylonitrile butadiene styrene Taryn Southurst (2006)Investigation into the chemical activity of eugenol and similar molecules in the recovery of erased characters on polymers Cass Geer (2006)A structural investigation into the blue compound resulting from the reaction of the fingermark reagent genipin and an amino acid Renee Jelly (2006)An investigation into the use of natural products as novel reagents for the detection of latent fingermarks  

 

Teaching areas

Chemistry and spectroscopy
Forensic Science


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22nd September 2011